Written by Stefan Goebel
Today it would be scandal, but back then, 35 years ago in February 1988, hardly anyone raised an eyebrow when theBlack Form (Dedicated to the Missing Jews)was bulldozed to the ground. To be sure, this black cube built of blocks of aerated concrete was never meant to be a permanent memorial; it had been commissioned as a temporary work of art. The American artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007) had created it for the second instalment of the internationalSkulptur Projekteexhibition in my home town Münster in 1987.
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